Results – Kolkata

INDUS PRINCE (App Nikhil Naidu) was fractious while being stalled. HELICONIA (Shezad Khan) was slow to begin losing considerable ground at the start. TOP GUN (C Alford) and GRAND FOREST (Vinay Jaiswal) were slow to begin. Passing the 800 metres ADRIATIC SEA (B Mahesh) travelling along the rails and ZURVAN (Mohit Singh) travelling on its outside had to be checked by their respective riders and loose some ground when QUEEN’S KITTEN (A Ashhad Asbar) positioned on their outside shifted ‘in’. In this incident the saddle of ADRIATIC SEA shifted out of place resulting in Jockey B Mahesh being unable to ride his mount to complete advantage . At a subsequent enquiry Jockey A Ashhad Asbar was shown the CCTV replay of the race and was fined a sum of Rs. 5,000/- for shifting ground when not adequately clear of the other runners. When afforded an opportunity to explain the poor performance of his charge ch g TOP GUN (C Alford), Tr. Bharath Singh stated that the gelding had a wind problem resulting in the gelding’s performance being inconsistent. On questioning Jockey C Alford stated that he was well positioned with the field in the initial and middle stages of the race, however, on entering the straight the gelding started dropping back gradually in spite of his best efforts. Consequently he did not put any pressure on the gelding during the final stages. Mr. C Alford further stated that he would not be accepting to ride the gelding in its future outings. Tr. Bharath Singh was advised to get his charge examined by the Veterinary Officer and not to accept with his charge until it was capable of a consistent performance.